Slope County, ND
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 46.45, -103.46.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
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- 0th pct · 3,220th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 53rd of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
- 60th pct · 1,259th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 53rd pct · 25th of 53 North Dakota counties · median $1,064
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Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- North Dakota counties: not published this period
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- North Dakota counties: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
91 jobs at 14 employers (2026 Q1); -2.2% jobs and -6.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 0th pct · 3,220th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 53rd of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Slope County, ND | 91 jobs · $1,093/wk · -2.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Administrative and waste services | withheld | |||
| Accommodation and food services | withheld | |||
| Other services | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D2 severe drought
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
11 gauges · 0 flooding · 3 with quality panels averaging 88 % · 2 stale
Sites found: 11, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SPRING CREEK NEAR HALEY, ND | flow 0.23 ft³/s · quality 75 % (4) · STALE | 49 km |
| DEEP CREEK NEAR AMIDON, ND | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 16 km |
| LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER AT MARMARTH, ND | flow 5.93 ft³/s · no flooding | 39 km |
| LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER AT MEDORA, ND | flow 20.5 ft³/s · quality 88 % (4) | 53 km |
| Little Missouri River at Medora | no flooding | 53 km |
| Little Beaver Creek near Webster | no readings | 56 km |
| NORTH FORK GRAND RIVER ABOVE BOWMAN-HALEY LAKE, ND | stage 21.3 ft · quality 100 % (1) · STALE | 56 km |
| HEART RIVER NEAR SOUTH HEART, ND | flow 1.08 ft³/s | 61 km |
| Heart River at Dickinson Dam | no readings | 68 km |
| CANNONBALL RIVER AT REGENT, ND | flow 2.34 ft³/s · no flooding | 70 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
9 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 9, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-463435103332701 | depth 7.79 ft · 1981-02-25 | 16 km |
| USGS-461257103004902 | depth 66.0 ft · 1976-12-21 | 43 km |
| USGS-461355103055701 | depth 23.6 ft · 1976-12-21 | 43 km |
| USGS-461355103032801 | depth 45.7 ft · 1976-12-21 | 45 km |
| USGS-465308103324002 | depth 13.9 ft · 1981-02-25 | 49 km |
| USGS-460705103005301 | depth 25.4 ft · 1976-12-21 | 50 km |
| USGS-464907103582603 | depth 22.9 ft · 1981-05-18 | 57 km |
| USGS-465424103033902 | depth 18.5 ft · 1982-01-10 | 60 km |
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
moderate (0.36)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.2×0.13 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
FDIC publishes no Summary of Deposits rows for this county. $3.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $3.8 m), $41,939 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| county 38087, ND | $3.8 m FY2026 · $41,939/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $3.6 m · top recipient FY2026 |
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $3,187,284 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $326,719 |
| Department of Agriculture | $241,750 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $60,671 |
That is $41,939 per covered job, against 91 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $3.8 m / 91 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $41,939
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-06 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Slope County, ND: 10 findings, 3 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchSlope County, ND's average weekly wage is -6.2% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.avgWeeklyWage = -6.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchSlope County, ND's covered employment is -2.2% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -2.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchSlope County, ND's momentum index is -0.85, a watch level here: momentum index in the cooling band (the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Show the arithmetic
- test: momentum = -0.8545454545454544 <= -0.25
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteSlope County, ND's average weekly wage was 6.2% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -6.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteSlope County, ND's covered employment was 2.2% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -2.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
Read all 10 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.